The First Last Post Ceremony

This video shows highlights from the first Last Post ceremony held at the Memorial on 17 April 2013.  At the ceremony, Corporal Daniel Keighran VC read an account of the life of Private Robert Poate, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2012.  The ceremony was attended by a large crowd. Members of the public and  invited guests laid wreaths during the ceremony.

There is more information about the daily Last Post ceremony on our website [link to http://www.awm.gov.au/events/daily-cl...].

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